"I just thought I was having another bad week here, or another bad couple of days there. I'd locked myself in my room, or in my house for days without talking to anyone but didn't realise it had anything to do with depression."

Vincent pulled out of all cricket before Christmas citing exhaustion but has since returned to domestic action with Auckland.

He does not know whether he will play international cricket again.

"I still like the idea of playing overseas in the future," he said. "But the main thing for me in terms of my cricket is to continue enjoying my time with Auckland and be as successful as possible for them."